مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwiya
كتاب الصلوٰةBook of Prayer
Virtue of tahajjud, the two sunnahs of Fajr, and using the miswak
Hadith 187
يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، نا يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ الْمِقْدَامِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ شُرَيْحًا سَأَلَهَا عَنْ صَلَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَتْ: كَانَ يُصَلِّي مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ فَإِذَا كَانَ قَبْلَ الْغَدَاةِ رَكَعَ رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَأَمَّ النَّاسَ لِصَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِ، فَقَالَ لَهَا شُرَيْحٌ: فَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَصْنَعُ إِذَا رَجَعَ إِلَيْكِ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ؟ فَقَالَتْ: كَانَ يَبْدَأُ بِالسِّوَاكِ.
It is narrated from Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) asked her about the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): She replied: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to pray Tahajjud as much as Allah willed for him to pray, then when the time for Fajr prayer came, before leading it, he would pray two rak‘ahs, then he would go and lead the Fajr prayer. Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) asked her: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would return to you from the mosque, what would he do? She replied: "He would begin with the miswak (tooth-stick)."
Hadith 188
أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى، نا هُشَيْمٌ، عَنْ أَبِي حُرَّةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: ((كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا قَامَ يُصَلِّي افْتَتَحَ صَلَاتَهُ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ)).
Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would perform the Tahajjud prayer, he would begin the prayer with two light rak‘ahs.
